block/backup: loosen restriction on readonly bitmaps

With the "never" sync policy, we actually can utilize readonly bitmaps
now. Loosen the check at the QMP level, and tighten it based on
provided arguments down at the job creation level instead.

Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>
Message-id: 20190709232550.10724-19-jsnow@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/block/backup.c b/block/backup.c
index 2be570c0bf..f8309be01b 100644
--- a/block/backup.c
+++ b/block/backup.c
@@ -617,6 +617,12 @@ BlockJob *backup_job_create(const char *job_id, BlockDriverState *bs,
             return NULL;
         }
 
+        /* If we need to write to this bitmap, check that we can: */
+        if (bitmap_mode != BITMAP_SYNC_MODE_NEVER &&
+            bdrv_dirty_bitmap_check(sync_bitmap, BDRV_BITMAP_DEFAULT, errp)) {
+            return NULL;
+        }
+
         /* Create a new bitmap, and freeze/disable this one. */
         if (bdrv_dirty_bitmap_create_successor(bs, sync_bitmap, errp) < 0) {
             return NULL;